Tonight I had the pleasure of going to the Maggie Rose concert on base. She is a kind of Madonna/Mindy McCready amalgam. I'd never heard her music before, but I saw the posters advertising her concert and thought if I had the chance I'd go. Her newest single is called "Better" and is written for those people going through tough times. Another of her originals is called "Preacher's Daughter" in which someone commits
murder. She let us in on a secret: the murderer is based on a guy she was dating who only came to her place and met her friends. Then she found out he was married. With a child. And he was the deacon at the local church. Wow. Gotta watch out for those deacons.
In addition to her own works, she did covers of Michael Jackson's "The Way you Make Me Feel," Styx's "Renegade," Charlie Daniel's Band's "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" and Fleetwood Mac's "Listen to the Wind Blow." Her band is comprised of a lead guitar, a bass guitar, keyboard, drums, a back up singer and a violinist. So she pretty much had to play Devil.
There were some pretty talented dancers that weren't afraid to show their skills during the concert. I was impressed at that and the number of folks who brought cowboy boots to the desert. I have cowboy
boots, but it never entered my mind to bring them with me. "Ok, let's see here: 4 uniforms; check. Toiletries; check. Prescriptions; check. PT gear; check. Clothing appropriate for a San Antonio dancehall; check."
During the concert, some people were buying drinks, some were smoking, some were just enjoying the humidity. I am pretty sure I was the only one taking notes.
I stopped in to the library (big surprise) after the concert and before the autograph line. I was testing the limits of the borrowing system and tried to borrow four books when I was informed I could only borrow two at a time. When I admitted I already have two now, I was told I better get readin'.
I waited in line for over 30 minutes to get an autographed picture of Maggie Rose, the country music star I only heard of a week ago (and who, according to Wikipedia, is only 26). While waiting, they passed out a card with access to download her latest album, "Cut to Impress." So, if you'd like to download the songs, you should go to her concert like I did.
When she asked me how I liked it here, I told her it was not bad and she replied, "You don't sound convinced." She told the crowd she is from the DC area, so she wrote, "Hope to see you back in DC!" on the photograph. I'm going to hold her to that. I think that was her way of nicely saying, "I'm going to hunt you down."
If you are going to be a groupie, might as well get a few pictures so I found the bass guitarist and the drummer and begged them for photographic evidence that my mustache didn't repel them. I found someone to take a picture and handed him my camera, upon which he remarked, "I haven't used a camera like this in a long time." Then my camera's batteries died. So bass guitarist handed him her phone and then emailed me the picture above. She signed the email, "Thanks for what you do for our country. Your mustache looks like a caterpillar."
I figured the three plastic cups of red wine I downed during the concert (my maximum allowed) needed a friend, so after my steak and coleslaw meal I decided to purchase the very non-paleo Dates Frappalatte. After the Coffee Beanery manager sarcastically asked where the coffee beans were, his staff informed me that the beverage in question contained dates, ice cream, caramel sauce and whipped cream. You only live once (YOLO), so I got the big size.
My workout tonight was just consuming the huge coffee. Tomorrow or the next day I'm going to do front and back squats.
murder. She let us in on a secret: the murderer is based on a guy she was dating who only came to her place and met her friends. Then she found out he was married. With a child. And he was the deacon at the local church. Wow. Gotta watch out for those deacons.
In addition to her own works, she did covers of Michael Jackson's "The Way you Make Me Feel," Styx's "Renegade," Charlie Daniel's Band's "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" and Fleetwood Mac's "Listen to the Wind Blow." Her band is comprised of a lead guitar, a bass guitar, keyboard, drums, a back up singer and a violinist. So she pretty much had to play Devil.
There were some pretty talented dancers that weren't afraid to show their skills during the concert. I was impressed at that and the number of folks who brought cowboy boots to the desert. I have cowboy
boots, but it never entered my mind to bring them with me. "Ok, let's see here: 4 uniforms; check. Toiletries; check. Prescriptions; check. PT gear; check. Clothing appropriate for a San Antonio dancehall; check."
During the concert, some people were buying drinks, some were smoking, some were just enjoying the humidity. I am pretty sure I was the only one taking notes.
I stopped in to the library (big surprise) after the concert and before the autograph line. I was testing the limits of the borrowing system and tried to borrow four books when I was informed I could only borrow two at a time. When I admitted I already have two now, I was told I better get readin'.
I waited in line for over 30 minutes to get an autographed picture of Maggie Rose, the country music star I only heard of a week ago (and who, according to Wikipedia, is only 26). While waiting, they passed out a card with access to download her latest album, "Cut to Impress." So, if you'd like to download the songs, you should go to her concert like I did.
When she asked me how I liked it here, I told her it was not bad and she replied, "You don't sound convinced." She told the crowd she is from the DC area, so she wrote, "Hope to see you back in DC!" on the photograph. I'm going to hold her to that. I think that was her way of nicely saying, "I'm going to hunt you down."
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| Skull and mustache. Yikes. |
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| This is what your tax dollars are paying for. |
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| I know what you are thinking: yes, I do have the same Lynyrd Skyrnd shirt. |
I figured the three plastic cups of red wine I downed during the concert (my maximum allowed) needed a friend, so after my steak and coleslaw meal I decided to purchase the very non-paleo Dates Frappalatte. After the Coffee Beanery manager sarcastically asked where the coffee beans were, his staff informed me that the beverage in question contained dates, ice cream, caramel sauce and whipped cream. You only live once (YOLO), so I got the big size.
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| Dates + coffee = health food. |
My workout tonight was just consuming the huge coffee. Tomorrow or the next day I'm going to do front and back squats.
